Advanced Android App Development

About this Course

Ready to level-up your skills as an Android developer? In this course, you will learn how to make your app production-ready by developing a variety of different sample apps, each designed to showcase advanced capabilities of the Android platform, including fragments, widgets, media playback, and testing. You’ll learn how to create UI tests using the Espresso framework, to leverage third-party libraries and services like ExoPlayer and Firebase Cloud Messaging, and use Google APIs to make your app aware of its location. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to publish your own app to the Google Play Store, where you can reach and engage users across the globe.

Course Cost

Free

Timeline

Approx. 6 weeks

Skill Level

advanced

Included in Product

Rich Learning Content

Interactive Quizzes

Taught by Industry Pros

Self-Paced Learning

Student Support Community

Join the Path to Greatness

This free course is your first step towards a new career with the Android Developer Program.

Course Leads

Lyla Fujiwara

Instructor

Cezanne Camacho

Instructor

Asser Samak

Instructor

Nikita Gamolsky

Instructor

Jessica Lin

Instructor

Dan Galpin

Instructor

Prerequisites and Requirements

This course assumes you have taken Developing Android Apps, or have an equivalent background as an Android developer. We also assume you are familiar with using GitHub, which we use to share code. Take our course on Using Git and GitHub if you need this background.

Access to an Android device is helpful, but you may use an emulator if you prefer.

Why Take This Course

This course will show you what it takes to ship polished apps, whether you’re part of a development team, an independent app developer, or simply a programmer interested in Android development best practices.

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